Vampires
Subtitle: Encounters With the Undead
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9781579122096
Subjects: Folklore; Monsters & legendary beings; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; Fiction; Horror - General; Folklore & Mythology; Supernatural; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Fiction / Occult; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology; Vampires
First sentence: WHEN THE ACTOR-MANAGER Hamilton Deane barnstormed the English provinces with his wildly successful stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula in the late 1920s, he added a memorable curtain speech, spoken by himself in the role of the great vampire hunter, Abraham Van Helsing: Just a moment, Ladies and Gentlemen!